Invitation to Poetry: The Pleasures of Studying Poetry and Poetics
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Invitation to Poetry: The Pleasures of Studying Poetry and Poetics
Invitation to Poetry: The Pleasures of Studying Poetry and Poetics

Invitation to Poetry: The Pleasures of Studying Poetry and Poetics

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Lisa M. Steinman (Author)  

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For anyone who has ever wanted to become fluent in the language of poetry, Invitation to Poetry will prove an essential guide. This book: Teaches the serious student how to 'speak poetry' through an in-depth examination of the traditional features and technical vocabulary of poetic language; Examines British and American materials from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries in order to give students a sense of a range of different period styles, poetic projects, and strategies; Explicitly examines, questions and challenges the relationship of poetry to literary periods and canons; Offers the technical tools essential for close reading and interpretation across a broad chronological spectrum.
Lisa M. Steinman is the Kenan Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College. A practicing poet, she has also written two highly regarded books on poetry: Masters of Repetition: Poetry, Culture, and Work in Thomson, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Emerson (1998) and Made In America: Science, Technology, and American Modernist Poets (1989). Her work has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and The Rockefeller Foundation.
  • Contributor: Lisa M. Steinman
  • Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
  • ISBN13: 9781405131636
  • Number of Pages: 256
  • Packaged Dimensions: 162x240x26mm
  • Packaged Weight: 522
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Release Date: 2007-12-18
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Lisa M. Steinman is the Kenan Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College. A practicing poet, she has also written two highly regarded books on poetry: Masters of Repetition: Poetry, Culture, and Work in Thomson, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Emerson (1998) and Made In America: Science, Technology, and American Modernist Poets (1989). Her work has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and The Rockefeller Foundation.

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